Northern Kentucky’s Vent Haven Museum is one of the city’s most most fascinating and unusual ones — located in the outbuildings of a quiet Fort Mitchell side-street residence, it is devoted to the history of ventriloquism and contains figures (colloquially known as “dummies”) and archival material pertaining to the long, proud history of throwing one’s voice. For various reasons, Vent Haven has never done much outreach in Greater Cincinnati — either to attract greater attendance or to promote ventriloquism as a still-vital art form. But that is changing. This Saturday, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., it is presenting its first-ever family-friendly ventriloquism show, “Double Talk 2012,” in which four seasoned performers will present their live ventriloquism acts. $20. Notre Dame Academy Performing Arts Center, 1699 Hilton Drive, Park Hills, Ky. 859-341-0461, www.ventshow.com. The performance will serve as a fundraiser for the museum.
This article appears in Apr 11-17, 2012.